Inventories of fallout 210Pb and 137Cs radionuclides in moorland and woodland soils around Edinburgh urban area (UK)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-47

  Likuku, A S ^a   Branford, D ^a   Fowler, D ^b   Weston, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Inventory; Moorland; Soil; Specific activity; Woodland

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DATA ACQUISITION; GERMANIUM; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LEAD; SOILS;

137CS; 210PB; MOORLAND; WOODLAND;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM; LEAD 210; RADIOISOTOPE; CESIUM; LEAD;

AEROSOL; CESIUM; FALLOUT; GRASSLAND SOIL; LEAD; MOORLAND; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA; WOODLAND;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GRAVITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; SOIL POLLUTANT;

EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; SCOTLAND; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33746928370     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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